Monthly Archives: Dezember 2023

Moldawien News Osteuropa

Moldova, Roma, and Work

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The coalition “Vocea Romilor” (Voice of the Roma) believes that the National Employment Agency should launch a program to simplify the access of Roma to the labour market by organizing a labour exchange at the local level. In addition, national and local programs are needed to prepare young Roma for work in administration and government institutions. The recommendation was made in the context of the presentation of monitoring reports of the Roma Support Program for 2022-2025 in the employment chapter.

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Amnesty on Slovakia

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Slovakia has not yet made a commitment to protect the right to housing and end homelessness. In addition, the report states that “a disproportionate number of Roma in Slovakia still live in segregated, environmentally dangerous dwellings with insufficient access to water, sanitation and electricity in 2023.

Österreich News Westeuropa

Austria and Roma Recognition

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Susanne Raab (ÖVP), the Austrian Minister responsible for ethnic groups, invited people to a ceremony in the Federal Chancellery on Monday evening to mark the 30th anniversary of the recognition of the Roma as an ethnic group. It is clear to her that the culture and history of the Roma is an integral and integral part of Austria’s history, she said.

Bulgarien News Osteuropa

Bulgaria and Women

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Six advocacy campaigns are being implemented in the cities of Dupnitsa, Radomir, Botevgrad, Kyustendil, Rakitovo and in the village of Kovachevo, Septemvri municipality. What they have in common is that they present the active civic behaviour of local residents from Roma neighbourhoods in the six settlements who show care and responsibility for improving the lives of their local communities.

This is exclusively done with Romnja from the settlements.

Montenegro News Osteuropa

Montenegro, Justice, and Domestic Violence

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The Roma Council and the non-governmental organization (NGO) “Sistem” strongly condemn the shameful verdict that was pronounced by the decision of the High Court, a prison sentence of 12 years, for the murder of Zumrita Nerda, in January of last year.

The condemned Dalibor Nikolić, according to the indictment, brutally murdered his pregnant wife in front of her other children.

News Osteuropa Serbien

Bujanovac: Elections

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Ibro Idić, president of the United Roma Party Bujanovac, and Adem Salihi, councilor in the Bujanovac Municipal Council, who joined the Justice and Reconciliation Party of Usama Zukorlić with the Roma party Unity, call on the Roma to vote for two parliamentary lists based in Sandžak. Idić says that he agreed to cooperate with the Coalition for Peace and Tolerance, which is led by Jahija Ferhatović, a member of parliament in the previous convocation of the Serbian Parliament. Ferhatović was a guest of Bujanovac Roma, and Idić states that he “did a lot” for the local Roma community. He called on the Roma to vote for the list TOGETHER FOR THE FUTURE AND DEVELOPMENT – COALITION FOR PEACE AND TOLERANCE, led by Ferhatović, in the elections on December 17.

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Bible in Romanes

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The world’s first complete Bible in the Romani Carpathian dialect was presented on Sunday in Sabinov, Slovakia. Dozens of people worked on the translation for a total of 15 years. TASR was informed about this by Patrik Sýkora from The Word For The World organization.

Österreich News Westeuropa

Austria: 30 Years

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30 years ago, Austria recognised Roma as a national minority. In this context, Music and Minorities Research Center in Vienna featured the 2023 MMRC Lecture “amenca ketane. Histories of Trauma, Music and Romani Empowerment”.

Also, an evening on December 16th.

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovakia, Health, and Roma

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An article in the Slovak press that says more than it intends: A Romani grandmother saved a new-born in a Roma settlement in Slovakia, even though she has not medical education. Fact is, if you live in a Roma settlement in Slovakia, you can write off health case, and no doctor or ambulance will go there.

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovakia: Documentary

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Director Peter Záchenský  made a documentary on the small village Bôrka, about 20 km from Rožňava (Slovakia). Similar to elsewhere – Slovaks, Hungarians, Roma together on a small piece of land, mostly out of work. He explores and portrays the situation from several angles.

News Osteuropa Slowenien

Slovenia: Kamav Tu(t)

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In the novel Kamav tu [I love you], Rudi Mlinar opens up a problematic topic. Namely, “Shakespearean” love finding itself in the grip of ethnic stereotypes. The feelings that develop between the Roma boy Zoran and the girl of Slovenian roots, Milena, regardless of society’s prejudices, become not only forbidden, but even persecuted. Milena’s parents move to Australia with their daughter, but their escape does not erase the mutual affection between the two young people. This blossoms again when Milena returns to Slovenia to study and meets Zoran again completely by chance. With this, the young couple become unwanted again.

The writer Rudi Mlinar, born in Dolgi Brdy nad Prevalje, was educated in Carinthia, and later worked at the Ravne Ironworks and at the railway station in Ljubljana. He was also culturally involved all the time. For his literary work, he was chosen among the best beginner writers in Slovenia for prose (1981) and drama (1998), and later received several other awards.

Bulgarien News Osteuropa Serbien

Pretty Loud

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Another article about the Romnja ban Pretty loud, this time in the Bulgarian press. The first all-female rap group has a serious mission: to end early marriage for Roma girls. But the Pretty Loud band doesn’t stop there. Well known in the Balkans, the Serbian gang also promotes university education and social integration for members of an ethnic group that has historically been isolated. The young women of Pretty Loud have lived what they rap about. One of the singers – Zlata became a mother at 17. Diana faced discrimination at school, and Samantha was married by her father without her consent.

Tschechische Republik News Osteuropa

Czech Survey

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Apparently, the Czech get along best with Slovaks, then with Western Europeans and Americans, and worst towards Arabs and Afghans. What about Roma: No surprise, only 24% of the Czech would want them as neighbours.

News Osteuropa Slowakei

Slovakia, the Police, and Roma

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When a Rom complains about police’s actions, the truth is difficult to uncover. In Slovakia, the police need not fear any punishment, according to Amnesty International director Rado Sloboda.

He went to a regular work dinner but ended up in handcuffs at the police station. He claims that they pressed his head against a table, beat him and kicked him. Roma activist Zoltán Sztojka draws attention to an incident at the regional police department in Trnávka, Bratislava, where, according to his own words, he was beaten. He talks about slaps, kicks and racist insults.

News Osteuropa Polen Ukraine

Romnja in Poland

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“Being a Roma woman is being a warrior.” Racism is everyday life for Roma. “We are independent, we are strong and we make our dreams come true” – this is how 28-year-old Olena, a lawyer from Ukraine, replied to the question about what Romani women are like. Olena is one of the 6 heroines of the second instalment of the series of portraits of Roma women prepared by the W Torona Dialogu Foundation. The goal of the campaign is clear – it’s time for Roma women to come out of the shadows and talk about themselves on their own terms and in their own words.

Deutschland News Westeuropa

Heidelberg: Exhibition

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An exhibition on art by Roma opened in the Heidelberg town hall foyer on December 5th. It was created as part of an art support program for members of the minority. One of the artist is Natalie Tomenko shown here in front of her series of pictures “When the darkness came”.

News Osteuropa Polen

Sobibor

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The Museum and Memorial Site in Sobibór has been nominated for the prestigious title of European Museum of the Year 2024. The competition is organized by the European Museum Forum – an independent, non-governmental organization operating under the auspices of the Council of Europe, whose mission is to promote innovation in museology. The winners will be announced in early May 2024. The European Museum of the Year Award is considered the most important distinction for European museums.

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